Diphenyl ether amides
AssigneeStauffer Chemical Company
InventorDon R. Baker
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Abstract
Diphenyl ether amides having the formula ##STR1## in which X is chloro or methyl; n is zero, one or two; Y is chloro or trifluoromethyl; R.sub.1 is hydrogen, alkyl, lower alkoxy, lower haloalkyl, thio-lower alkyl, or alkenyl; R.sub.2 is hydrogen, lower alkoxy-alkyl or lower alkanoyl; or R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 taken together is ##STR2## The compounds are useful as post-emergence herbicides, particularly as post-emergence, post-flooding herbicides, for use in connection with rice cultivation.
Claims15
A compound having the formula ##STR29## in which X is chloro or methyl;
- n is 0, 1 or 2;
- and Y is chloro or trifluoromethyl.
A method of controlling undesirable vegetation comprising applying to the vegetation or the locus thereof subsequent to the emergence of such vegetation, an herbicidally effective amount of a compound having the formula ##STR30## in which X is chloro or methyl;
- n is 0, 1 or 2;
- and Y is chloro or trifluoromethyl.
An herbicidal composition of matter comprising:
- a. an herbicidally effective amount of a compound having the formula ##STR31## in which X is chloro or methyl;
- n is 0, 1 or 2;
- and Y is chloro or trifluoromethyl;
- and
- b. an inert carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.